International Journal of Neurorehabilitation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Razi, Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran, Iran

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• Research Article   
  Journal Club: A New Local Pedagogic Review Regarding Tutoring and Guidance for Psychiatric Residents
  Author(s): Saeed Shoja Shafti*
  
  Introduction: While journal clubs are a time-honored method of reviewing and discussing the scientific literature in medicine, hitherto there is no universally accepted definition of that. Purpose of the present study involved a comparison between instructive values of meetings that are directed by an authentic faculty member in comparison with conferences that are usually coached by chief residents. Methods: Forty-two psychiatric residents (from two psychiatric training centers) have been quizzed about the intentions, principles or importance of journal club. Both of said colleges had comparable settings, conferences and alike standard psychiatric journals. In one of them the papers were chosen usually by chief resident, who was as well coordinator of the conferences, while in the other one, articles were chosen habitually by a faculty member, as director and coordinator of sessions... Read More»
  

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